Why aren't we building more houses?
Well, let us start off by imagining the situation if we were building lots of council houses. These would have restrictions of course. Firstly they would NOT be for sale, neither would they be available to anyone as a second home. So what are the consequences?
Cornwall has been under a hosepipe ban since August 2022.
In November 2022, SW water said:-
Reservoir levels across the South West are now very low and, in particular, are extremely low in Cornwall, following one of the driest periods in the region for over 130 years. Levels continue to fall and will remain low for the foreseeable future, without a sustained and substantial period of rainfall this Autumn, which is not currently forecasted.
They seem to have removed this paragraph from their website now!
I thought I'd check with an independent rainfall monitoring site. I chose Newquay Weather station.
The government has just fined Southern water £90,000,000 for pouring sewage into the sea.
The Health and Safety Executive site is filled with instances of companies being fined for breaking regulations.
We have fined banks; we have fined hospitals; we have fined network rail
This is ludicrous beyond belief.
Our shower switch broke. So I ordered another on Amazon Prime for next day delivery. I got an email saying it had ben dispatched.
Is "War Zone" a strong word here?
There can only be one Universe - simply because "uni" means one.
In the Multiverse there are not Universes - only Verses.